Workflow management system and method for implementing workflow definition tool

Abstract

The present invention provides a workflow management system and a method for implementing a workflow definition tool. The workflow management system comprises a computer, and a workflow definition tool and a workflow engine in the computer, wherein: the workflow definition tool directly represents a process as process definition codes which are computer executable, and the workflow engine directly calls the process definition codes. When the workflow changes, the system of the present invention will only need to correspondingly modify the workflow definition tool instead of modifying the codes of the workflow engine, thus the development, maintenance and use of the workflow management system are facilitated.

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[0001]This is a U.S. national stage application of PCT Application No. PCT / CN2010 / 071607 under 35 U.S.C. 371, filed Apr. 7, 2010 in Chinese, claiming the priority benefits of Chinese Application No. 200910152767.5, filed Sep. 28, 2009, which is hereby incorporated by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates to workflow technical field, especially a workflow management system and a method for implementing the workflow definition tool.BACKGROUND OF THE ART[0003]A workflow is a computing model of business processes, which presents the orderly organizing logic and rules of tasks in business processes using appropriate models and implements computation on these models. The main problem workflows attempt to solve is the automation problem of the transmission of documents, information and tasks between participators by some predefined rules in computers for a specific business target. Workflow is a part of computer supported collaboration, which generally researches on ...

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Benefits of technology

[0014]This invention directly represents processes as computer executable process definition codes, and can implement the workflow definition tools in the workflow management flexibly according to the change of business processes. Thus, it facilities the development, the maintenance and use of the workflow management system greatly.

Problems solved by technology

The main problem workflows attempt to solve is the automation problem of the transmission of documents, information and tasks between participators by some predefined rules in computers for a specific business target.

With the expansion of the application domain of workflow management systems, the drawbacks of different kinds of workflow products in the modeling problem become increasingly obvious.

However, with the expansion of the application fields, the problem of limited modeling scope of the meta-data technology becomes increasingly obvious.

Unfortunately, during the application of the workflow management system, the modeling requirements of users continuously change.

To the development, maintaining and use of workflow management system, it is a disaster.

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